Beautiful! but just a small correction that the picture might as well have been a boy and a girl :). It is not uncommon to meet an old friend (who is opposite sex) and discuss this exact same thing. I do anyways!

I can feel your pain. Has happened with me too and when you think back it amazes you how someone that close has become a stranger now and even if you would meet them you would actually have nothing to talk about other than the regular formal talk. Men mostly don’t experience this for getting married or having kids don’t add any restrictions or set of responsibilities in their life. They have to just sit on a couch, watch TV and have food other than going to office whereas for women it’s a different game altogether which makes the need of having a friend even more vital.